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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The No. 6 Florida lacrosse team, overcoming cold weather and a tough Penn State defense, continued their win streak with a 13-7 win over the No. 16 Nittany Lions on Saturday afternoon at Bigler Field. The Gators are now 11-1 and 2-0 in the ALC.
Florida was led by sophomore Kitty Cullen (Rockville, Md.) with a school-record seven goals on 11 shots (.636) while adding an assist on the day for eight points overall. The reigning ALC Offensive Player of the Week now has 56 goals on the season.
Weather, which was consistently mentioned as a determining factor in this matchup as the Gators have played 10 straight games in the Sunshine State, never played a factor, as temperatures reached the 40s and the sun was out for much of the game.
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The Gators also saw multi-point performances from sophomore attacker Ashley Bruns (Ellicott City, Md.) and sophomore midfielder Caroline Chesterman (South Nyack, N.Y.) with five and two points, respectively.
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Cullen scored her first goal right out of the gate, finding the back of the net after winning the draw just eight seconds into the contest. That score was Cullen's 50th of the season.
Penn State had an answer in Aly Adams, who scored from free position less than two minutes later. Florida responded with a 3-0 run in just 2:30, courtesy of the sharp-shooting tandem of Cullen and Bruns, putting the Gators ahead, 4-1.
One of Penn State's best scorers, Jen Steadman, put PSU back on the board with a score of her own with approximately 20 minutes remaining in the half. Both teams were then held scoreless for nine minutes before Cullen scored her fourth goal of the afternoon with 11:57 to go in the half. Penn State began their own 3-0 run, thanks to Adams and Steadman, to tie the game at 5-5 with 7:27 remaining.
Cullen once again led the Gator charge, overpowering the Penn State defense and their stellar goalkeeper, Dana Cahill. The Tewaaraton watch list honoree scored two straight to close the half and send the Gators into the intermission with a 7-5 advantage. She didn't stop there, scoring her record-setting seventh goal just over a minute into the second half, sparking an assist streak for Bruns.
"I think what is good about our team is that we respect our opponents," O'Leary said. "We're a very young team but we respect whoever is on the field with us and don't look ahead to other matchups. It's a sign that we're maturing every game."
The Gators, who have been outscored in the second half of their previous two games, came out on fire in the second stanza, sealing the victory with six goals to the Nittany Lions' two.
Rhea, who came in for the injured Dashiell, found the back of the net from Bruns just 30 seconds later. Chesterman then scored off a flick from Bruns from behind the cage for her first score of the afternoon, doubling Penn State's goal total and holding them scoreless for 10 crucial minutes in the contest.
The Nittany Lions' Katie Guy stopped the streaking Gators with a goal of her own before Chesterman found the back of the net again to put Florida ahead, 11-6. Chesterman's score was impressive, as she was able to cut through the Penn State defense, spun around and was able to put the ball in the top left corner of the net, though barely glancing at her target.
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Cahill had eight saves for Penn State while sophomore goalkeeper Mikey Meagher (Liverpool, N.Y.) was fantastic in goal for the Gators, notching eight saves and three ground balls.
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Title: Job Traks Career Series compact disk collection, 1999-2006
Primary Creator: JobTraks (1999-)
Other Creators: Drnevich, Vincent P., King, Alexander H. (Alexander Harvey) (1954-)
Extent: 0.25 Cubic feet. More info below.
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- Family owned and operated, Boulder Brook is tucked away in a scenic spot just 2 miles from Estes Park and the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Each WiFi-equipped one-bedroom suite is outfitted with a gas fireplace, full or half kitchen, cable TV, jetted bathtub, and private riverfront deck, and the Fall River is just outside your door.
- Ideal for a romantic getaway, as you can spend the day watching for the elk, bighorn sheep, and mountain birds that come on the property, then relax under the stars in the outdoor hot tub.
- Guests can take advantage of in-room massages.
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As written in 110.16, which of the following items is not required to be field marked to warn qualified personnel of potential electric arc flash hazards?
- A NEMA 3R-rated disconnect switch readily accessible to an air conditioner condensing unit installed outdoors.
- Electrical equipment such as a generator transfer switch.
- A panelboard.
- A switchboard.
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As noted in Sec. 110.16, electrical equipment such as switchboards, panelboards, industrial control panels, motor control centers, and meter socket enclosures require a field-installed warning label (i.e., label). Because the disconnecting means readily accessible to the air conditioning equipment is not examined, adjusted, serviced, or maintained while energized, it would not require the warning marking in this example. Would it be a good practice to mark this disconnect (label)? I think so; however, it's not required by the Code.
Owen is the owner and president of National Code Seminars and the holder of master electrician certifications in 46 states. He can be reached at [email protected].


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Scarlett Johansson is one of the more rare female actresses of Young Hollywood, namely because she's a deadly double act of beauty and talent. And despite her unique look and ravishing voice, it's her incredible talent and maturity that makes her stand out among the other upcoming bombshells in the industry. Born in New York in 1984, Scarlett had aspirations to be an actor since age three, and was already acting professionally five years later when she enrolled in the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute for Young People. Scarlett's child star work isn't very well known, but the stars she performed with are, including Elijah Wood and Sean Connery. She was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award at the age of thirteen, but it was her appearance in the Robert Redford-directed "The Horse Whisperer" one year later that earned her the credit she deserved.
Scarlett has really pushed her way on to the red carpet since then, thanks mostly to the numerous independent features she has been a part of over the past five years. Her first major indie had the blossoming actress sharing the screen with Thora Birch in 2000 with the graphic-novel-adapted "Ghost World," before taking the time to indulge in a little camp with the B-movie horror flick "Eight Legged Freaks." But it was in 2003 when Scarlett experienced her greatest success with dual Golden Globe nominations for her roles in Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring." There's no doubt in our minds that Scarlett is already set to become one of the future stars of Hollywood, but here's hoping she continues to thrive in the independent scene; one more Michael Bay picture may just kill her reputation.
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Scarlett is best known for her early work in films like "Lost in Translation," "Ghost World" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring," and was one of Woody Allen's many go-to gals in "Match Point," "Vicky Christina Barcelona" and "Scoop." Other movies include the hugely underrated "The Prestige," the period drama "The Other Bolyen Girl," Joseph Gordon Levitt's "Don Jon," and as Black Widow in "Iron Man 2" and the "Avengers" movies.
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When I first found my cat, Earl Gray, he was around 3 years old. That was 13 years ago.
Now at age 16, Earl has slowed down. He still loves to cuddle, and he wakes me up every morning by purring loudly and gently head-butting my face. It's my signal to get up, turn on the bathroom faucet (Earl only drinks from the faucet), wait for him while he drinks, clean his litter box and serve him breakfast. It's our routine.
We all associate kittens with playfulness, but the kitten in Earl comes out every once in a while. He races up and down the stairs and then he rests for a while, which means I can rest too.
Having an older cat definitely has its perks. Here are the top five benefits of adopting an older cat:
1. They are mellower than kittens. They are also more appreciative of being adopted.
2. What you see is what you get. They are grown and their personalities are fully developed.
3. They aren't troublemakers. Kittens are more daring than cats, so they get into more trouble. They will eat things they shouldn't, such as electrical cords or papers. Kittens also tend to fall from high places more often than cats, and they're more likely to get injured.
4. You don't have to train them. Cats spend a good portion of their lives grooming themselves. Kittens are just developing this skill, and they tend to miss the litter box more often than older cats.5. They're better to have around children. When we have playdates at my house, most of the kids get excited when they spot Earl. They're often loud and they tend to rush up to him. A cat knows to get out of the way, whereas a curious kitten can get harmed.
Michele C. Hollow is a journalist and an author who specializes in writing about animal welfare. Her blog, Pet News and Views, covers pet care, wildlife, and people who work with and on the behalf of animals.
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ANTH 243 (CA) Listening to the World: Introduction to Ethnomusicology(1)
This course considers music in social and cultural context, with attention to the functions, forms and meanings of music as an aspect of human behavior. Introduces techniques for the cross-cultural study of music. Examples are drawn from a number of musical traditions, primarily from the non-Western world.
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Lord knows. The system reset isn't that intrusive, but it's also unlikely to fix the cause of the problem. Do you really only have one ethernet port? I've got 4 on mine and it's only a HH4!
They should be the yellow ones and not the red one? If you're in the red one this might be why it's not working, as that's designed to connect to the Fibre modem if you're on Infinity.


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Sometimes I just can't get anything done.
Sure, I come into the office, putter around, check my email every ten seconds, read the web, even do a few brainless tasks like paying the American Express bill. But getting back into the flow of writing code just doesn't happen.
These bouts of unproductiveness usually last for a day or two. But there have been times in my career as a developer when I went for weeks at a time without being able to get anything done. As they say, I'm not in flow. I'm not in the zone. I'm not anywhere.
Everybody has mood swings; for some people they are mild, for others, they can be more pronounced or even dysfunctional. And the unproductive periods do seem to correlate somewhat with gloomier moods.
It makes me think of those researchers who say that basically people can't control what they eat, so any attempt to diet is bound to be short term and they will always yoyo back to their natural weight. Maybe as a software developer I really can't control when I'm productive, and I just have to take the slow times with the fast times and hope that they average out to enough lines of code to make me employable.
What drives me crazy is that ever since my first job I've realized that as a developer, I usually average about two or three hours a day of productive coding. When I had a summer internship at Microsoft, a fellow intern told me he was actually only going into work from 12 to 5 every day. Five hours, minus lunch, and his team loved him because he still managed to get a lot more done than average. I've found the same thing to be true. I feel a little bit guilty when I see how hard everybody else seems to be working, and I get about two or three quality hours in a day, and still I've always been one of the most productive members of the team. That's probably why when Peopleware and XP insist on eliminating overtime and working strictly 40 hour weeks, they do so secure in the knowledge that this won't reduce a team's output.
But it's not the days when I "only" get two hours of work done that worry me. It's the days when I can't do anything.
I've thought about this a lot. I tried to remember the time when I got the most work done in my career. It was probably when Microsoft moved me into a beautiful, plush new office with large picture windows overlooking a pretty stone courtyard full of cherry trees in bloom. Everything was clicking. For months I worked nonstop grinding out the detailed specification for Excel Basic -- a monumental ream of paper going into incredible detail covering a gigantic object model and programming environment. I literally never stopped. When I had to go to Boston for MacWorld I took a laptop with me, and documented the Window class sitting on a pleasant terrace at HBS.
Once you get into flow it's not too hard to keep going. Many of my days go like this: (1) get into work (2) check email, read the web, etc. (3) decide that I might as well have lunch before getting to work (4) get back from lunch (5) check email, read the web, etc. (6) finally decide that I've got to get started (7) check email, read the web, etc. (8) decide again that I really have to get started (9) launch the damn editor and (10) write code nonstop until I don't realize that it's already 7:30 pm.
Somewhere between step 8 and step 9 there seems to be a bug, because I can't always make it across that chasm. For me, just getting started is the only hard thing. An object at rest tends to remain at rest. There's something incredible heavy in my brain that is extremely hard to get up to speed, but once it's rolling at full speed, it takes no effort to keep it going. Like a bicycle decked out for a cross-country, self-supported bike trip -- when you first start riding a bike with all that gear, it's hard to believe how much work it takes to get rolling, but once you are rolling, it feels just as easy as riding a bike without any gear.
Maybe this is the key to productivity: just getting started. Maybe when pair programming works it works because when you schedule a pair programming session with your buddy, you force each other to get started.
When I was an Israeli paratrooper a general stopped by to give us a little speech about strategy. In infantry battles, he told us, there is only one strategy: Fire and Motion. You move towards the enemy while firing your weapon. The firing forces him to keep his head down so he can't fire at you. (That's what the soldiers mean when they shout "cover me." It means, "fire at our enemy so he has to duck and can't fire at me while I run across this street, here." It works.) The motion allows you to conquer territory and get closer to your enemy, where your shots are much more likely to hit their target. If you're not moving, the enemy gets to decide what happens, which is not a good thing. If you're not firing, the enemy will fire at you, pinning you down.
I remembered this for a long time. I noticed how almost every kind of military strategy, from air force dogfights to large scale naval maneuvers, is based on the idea of Fire and Motion. It took me another fifteen years to realize that the principle of Fire and Motion is how you get things done in life. You have to move forward a little bit, every day. It doesn't matter if your code is lame and buggy and nobody wants it. If you are moving forward, writing code and fixing bugs constantly, time is on your side. Watch out when your competition fires at you. Do they just want to force you to keep busy reacting to their volleys, so you can't move forward?
Think of the history of data access strategies to come out of Microsoft. ODBC, RDO, DAO, ADO, OLEDB, now ADO.NET - All New! Are these technological imperatives? The result of an incompetent design group that needs to reinvent data access every goddamn year? (That's probably it, actually.) But the end result is just cover fire. The competition has no choice but to spend all their time porting and keeping up, time that they can't spend writing new features. Look closely at the software landscape. The companies that do well are the ones who rely least on big companies and don't have to spend all their cycles catching up and reimplementing and fixing bugs that crop up only on Windows XP. The companies who stumble are the ones who spend too much time reading tea leaves to figure out the future direction of Microsoft. People get worried about .NET and decide to rewrite their whole architecture for .NET because they think they have to. Microsoft is shooting at you, and it's just cover fire so that they can move forward and you can't, because this is how the game is played, Bubby. Are you going to support Hailstorm? SOAP? RDF? Are you supporting it because your customers need it, or because someone is firing at you and you feel like you have to respond? The sales teams of the big companies understand cover fire. They go into their customers and say, "OK, you don't have to buy from us. Buy from the best vendor. But make sure that you get a product that supports (XML / SOAP / CDE / J2EE) because otherwise you'll be Locked In The Trunk." Then when the little companies try to sell into that account, all they hear is obedient CTOs parrotting "Do you have J2EE?" And they have to waste all their time building in J2EE even if it doesn't really make any sales, and gives them no opportunity to distinguish themselves. It's a checkbox feature -- you do it because you need the checkbox saying you have it, but nobody will use it or needs it. And it's cover fire.
Fire and Motion, for small companies like mine, means two things. You have to have time on your side, and you have to move forward every day. Sooner or later you will win. All I managed to do yesterday is improve the color scheme in FogBUGZ just a little bit. That's OK. It's getting better all the time. Every day our software is better and better and we have more and more customers and that's all that matters. Until we're a company the size of Oracle, we don't have to think about grand strategies. We just have to come in every morning and somehow, launch the editor.
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The National Jurist has again ranked UC Hastings Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu as among the nation's top five "Most Influential People" in legal education.
The results of the annual ranking, released in the magazine's January 2014 edition, emphasize UC Hastings' ongoing strategic plan implementation—including a "bullish" approach to online education and creative clinics—that goes well beyond the school's decision in 2012 to reduce JD enrollment by 20% over three years.
The article also credits Dean Wu's "blunt style," which "makes him a refreshing voice in legal education."
"I believe the only constant is change," says Dean Wu in the article. "I am not waiting for the market to bounce back. It will bounce, but not back. It will bounce to a different place, and then it will continue bouncing. We must adapt, and then we must adapt again."
"Influence in legal education today derives from openness to change and commitment to excellence," says UC Hastings Provost & Academic Dean Elizabeth L. Hillman. "Our Chancellor & Dean pursues both with a tirelessness and clarity that sets him apart."
"This recognition is welcome, but comes as no surprise," adds UC Hastings Board of Directors Chair Marci Dragun '86. "Dean Wu talks the talk and walks the walk. His interactions with the media and blogging for outlets such as Above the Law, Huffington Post, and LinkedIn are hugely influential in the discussion of changes taking place at UC Hastings and throughout legal education today. Likewise with the college's advancement and internal initiatives, Frank continues to move things forward. "
"UC Hastings' strategic plan calls for legal education that is practical, international, and interdisciplinary," Dean Wu noted last year. "It also calls for a profound structural change. Any influence I may have had on legal education is due entirely to the school-wide implementation of this plan, developed over the course of a year with input from all constituencies, including faculty, students, staff, and our alumni."


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On Friday, the Children and Family Resource Center announced the five finalists in the $10,000 business plan contest known as the Promise Competition.
Seven applications were submitted, with five proposals earning a spot in the final competition on March 1: Amy Bracken, "The Balanced Weigh, Your Blueprint for Success"; Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County, "Enterprise Program"; St. Gerard House, "Feed the Need sergeant"; St. Gerard House, "Sensory Motor Room"; and Smart Start of Henderson County, "Partners in Reading."
The five finalists all successfully addressed at least four of the five promises (caring adults, safe places, a healthy start, an effective education, and opportunities to serve), with some addressing all of them. Some of the ideas are entirely new ideas and some of the business concepts expand upon existing programs or operations.
Four of the five submissions are from nonprofits in the community. All of the video submissions, including the two who did not make the final round, can be found on the 5 Promises website, www.5promiseshc.org.
The five finalists have been invited to attend the live Speak Out for Kids event on March 1, to be held at the Technology Center on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College.
The event takes place from 8:15 a.m. until noon, with the Promise Competition finale occurring between 11 a.m. and noon. Finalists will each share their video pitch with the audience and then be prepared to answer questions from the judges who reviewed their proposals. Members of the review board will be present and on stage to participate.
The audience will then be asked to vote via text on their mobile phones while at the event. Remote voting is not allowed. For these finalists, making sure that their supporters are in the room that day will be very important. For the conference organizers, having as many people in the audience that day means success as well.
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On Friday, the Children and Family Resource Center announced the five finalists in the $10,000 business plan contest known as the Promise Competition.


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- TIDE PANTS BACKPACKWith origins as an outdoor adventure company, Brooklyn Outfitters (BKO) is now expanding into the gear category. Best of all, they're doing it locally. Their first products include two packs sized appropriately for day or multi-day hikes and come in black and red. The affordable packs are designed and handmade in Brooklyn by the company's guides, ensuring they are highly functional and can withstand harsh outdoor conditions.1
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NCAA grants Central Florida appeal of one-year postseason ban
ORLANDO, Fla. -- It wasn't an easy decision for Central Florida to challenge a ruling handed down by the NCAA.
It turned out to be a beneficial one, though.
The NCAA granted UCF's appeal of a one-year postseason ban in football on Monday, clearing the way for the Knights to be eligible for a bowl berth in their inaugural season in the American Athletic Conference in 2013.
It its report on the ruling, the NCAA wrote that its Infractions Appeals Committee ''determined the football postseason ban is excessive such that it constitutes an abuse of discretion.'' UCF had argued in its written appeal that the NCAA used ''irrelevant factors'' in conveying the postseason ban on its football program.
UCF football coach George O'Leary said having it overturned was vindication for an appeal he pressed school president John Hitt to submit after the Committee on Infractions slapped its football and basketball programs with a litany of penalties last year.
''I'm always going to fight for the athletes if I feel it's justified,'' O'Leary said. ''It came out to be a great decision, and it's something that you don't win very often.''
UCF's was originally issued the ban as part of sanctions levied last July for major recruiting violations in football and basketball. It also received a one-year postseason ban in basketball, $50,000 fine, five years' probation, reduction of basketball scholarships, and limits on football recruiting.
The postseason ban was the lone penalty UCF didn't accept and it allowed the Knights to participate in the Beef O'Brady's Bowl in 2012.
UCF presented its appeal of postseason ban in January.
Athletics director Todd Stansbury said that ultimately the decision to appeal was made because Hitt, he and others came to a consensus that ''it was the right thing to do'' and that the facts presented by the NCAA in their opinion ''didn't justify the penalties.''
''Obviously the fact that it's taken this long I think shows that they took it seriously, giving it its proper attention,'' Stansbury said. ''Now we're ready to look forward and turn the page...This, I think closes out on where we've been and allows us to move forward into next season with a full-steam ahead attitude.''
The punishments stemmed from a 2011 NCAA investigation that found the programs were involved with runners for sports agents and making cash payments to recruits.
Former athletics director Keith Tribble and assistant football coach David Kelly were cited for unethical conduct by the NCAA last year and resigned. Tribble was given a three-year show-cause order and Kelly a one-year order. It means any institution that hires them in that time must prove to the NCAA that they are rules compliant.
Basketball coach Donnie Jones was also given a three-year show-cause order.
When the NCAA released the penalties on July 31, it was believed that UCF was simply delaying its bowl ban by a year because the organization doesn't often overturn its decisions.
But Hitt called the appeal ''well-grounded'', noting that none of the players UCF was found to have recruited illegally ever actually played football at the school.
UCF is joining the newly-named American Athletic Conference, formerly the Big East, in all sports when it begins competing for the 2013-14 school year. Next season is also the final year of the conference's automatic qualifier status to the Bowl Championship Series in football.
The most immediate impact, though, will be felt in recruiting where O'Leary said his coaches had been hearing other schools were using UCF's possible postseason ban as a means to steer players away from UCF.
''You get rid of a negative,'' O'Leary said. ''If you didn't win, it's all of a sudden now you're playing for the love of the game...Everything that was available to us this past year is still available for us.''


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Bipolar I, II, and Cyclothymic Disorder
Bipolar I is the most extreme of the disorders. In order to receive a diagnosis of Bipolar I the individual must have at least one manic episode. MANIC is the key term here- HYPOMANIC is not the same.
Hypomania can have symptoms of rapid speaking, racing ideas, not sleeping, and surges of energy. Individuals who are hypomanic are usually able to keep up with their social and occupational obligations.
Mania is intense and often frightening. Individuals may lose touch with reality, believing they are a deity, on a mission from a deity (delusions of grandeur), or experience a psychotic break. They may fly into rages. They may engage in dangerous and destructive behaviors such as abusing stimulants (cocaine, speed) or reckless driving. They may spend money with abandon and may ruin their financial lives in a matter of days.
A mixed episode is when mania and the depressive state are happening at the same time. Just thinking about this occurring is a nightmare for me. Visualize a person in a very foul, depressed, hopeless mood and combine it with racing thoughts and raging energy. Mixed episodes have symptoms such as panic, paranoid delusions, suicidal ideation, and rage.
Ok, so back to Bipolar I and II.
Bipolar I must have had at least one manic episode. A depressive episode is not needed for the diagnosis, but will usually be present at least once.
Bipolar II must have had at least one hypomanic episode and one depressive episode.
Cyclothymia could be seen as Bipolar II Lite. There must be hypomanic episodes and depressive episodes, but the depressive episodes do not need to be as severe as they are for Bipolar II.
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okay, to sum it up, my professor pretty much said, the difference between I and II is that with type I there are more manic episodes, as opposed to type II, which has more depressive episodes. I always hear different opinions about the definitions, which drives me nuts!!!
- January 8, 2009 at 6:24 PM
- Chels said...
I'm going to disagree with your professor on this. If you get out the manual it doesn't say anything about number of episodes, just that 1 must have a manic episode and 2 must have a hypomanic episode.
- January 26, 2009 at 9:12 PM
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- December 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM
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- April 12, 2010 at 5:51 AM
- Casey said...
My professor drew a diagram representing the differences between these three disorders that has helped me remember this information tremendously! There were three different bell curves representing bipolar I and bipolar II with a midline representing "normal", lines above that representing hypomania and mania and lines below the midline representing dysthymia and depression. Wish I would just draw it for you but I hope that description helps because your blog is sure helping me!
- March 12, 2011 at 7:26 PM
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Thank your for explaining the difference between these types of Bipolar Disorders.
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Animal Alphabet Coloring Pages
Animal Alphabet Coloring Pages is used to be a book for children. But, now, you also can find coloring book that was specially made for adult. The content is definitely different. If we have to say, the coloring book for adult is more artsy than the one for children.
Coloring book for adult is good for mental health. In fact, American Art Therapy Association states that coloring book is one of the forms of art therapy for mental health. By coloring the picture on the book page, we can explore many different emotion and feeling. It can also calm your mind, which makes you easier to find solution and focus on solving your problem. Coloring book even has ability to help you to manage your addiction and behavior.
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PAU, France — Stunning the Tour de France on its first rest day, doctors diagnosed a tumor in the left testicle of two-time Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso on Monday, forcing him out of the showcase race.
His former rival Lance Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer that spread to his lungs and brain, immediately tweeted his support.
At age 37, Basso wasn't a contender to win the race, as the Italian was in his heyday before he was banned for doping. But his experience and pedigree — Basso finished second at the 2005 Tour and third in 2004 — meant his withdrawal was keenly felt by his team leader Alberto Contador.
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The Tornado opened the tournament with a steep challenge, facing off against the reigning Canadian National champions, the University of Alberta, in their first match. King defeated the Pandas by a score of 22-13, in one of King's most competitive matches of the year. No. 1 Emily Martin began the dual with a win by a decisive win by decision but the team win was solidified by Kayla Brendlinger (Slippery Rock, Penn.), Julie Salata (Canton, Mich.), Sarah Hildebrandt (Granger, Ill.) and Alli Ragan (Carbondale, Ill.) winning consecutive bouts to close out the match. Brendlinger and Salata each won by pinning their opponent in the first period while Hildebrandt and Ragan each won by decision. Ragan shut out her opponent, 3-0 and 2-0. King defeated the defending National Champions, 22-13, to advance them in pool play.
King handled their next two opponents in pool play with ease, defeating nationally-ranked Lindenwood University, 26-9, followed by a 34-2 victory over McMaster University. Over the two duals, King recorded five pins, two by Lorrie Ramos and another pair by Brendlinger.
After advancing out of pool play and placed into the semifinal round, the Tornado paired up with host school Western Ontario University who finished runner up in a separate pool. King handled Western Ontario, 27-4, with the Tornado winning all but one bout in the matchup. Emily Martin, Lorrie Ramos and Alli Ragan all recorded pins over their opponents and all within 90 seconds of the start of the bout.
King advanced to the championship round to meet No. 3 Simon Fraser University, who King narrowly defeated 22-20 in their dual on Oct. 9. King and Simon Fraser traded win through the first four bouts with all matches being won by decision. King ran away with the team victory by winning the final four bouts with the backend coming through in a big way. Hildebrandt, Salata, Brendlinger and Ragan won in consecutive matches to help the Tornado to a 23-9 win and the tournament championship.
Alli Ragan, Sam Klingel, Emily Martin and Kayla Brendlinger all went undefeated in the day's events. Ragan was also named Most Outstanding American Wrestler after tournament's end.
The Tornado improve to 14-1 in dual meets this season after posting a 5-0 record on Saturday. In their 14 wins this season, they have outscored the competition 487-94.
The Harry Geris Women's Wrestling Duals features the top women's wrestling teams from Canada and the United States. The event is named after Harry Geris, a London wrestling icon who was a former coach with the University of Western Ontario and the London-Western wrestling program.
This is the fourth annual Harry Geris Memorial Women's Wrestling Duals and is the first time that the competition will be held in his hometown of London, Ontario. Geris coached with the Western Mustangs and its affiliated club, the London-Western Wrestling Club before passing away suddenly of heart failure in 2008.
Geris was a three-time wrestling Olympian for Canada. He was inducted into Wrestling Canada's Hall of Fame and the USA Junior College Hall of Fame as well as London Sports Hall of Fame. He was a U.S. Junior College champion while wrestling at Joliet Junior College (Ill.) and a NCAA All-American while at Oklahoma State University in the early 1970s.
King will rest for the duration of the month and return to the mats on Dec. 3 for the Cumberland Duals, held in Williamsburg, Kentucky. It will be their last meet prior to the team's preparation for the U.S. Senior Nationals (Dec. 17) and the NWCA National Duals (Dec. 17), held at King College.
KING, 22 vs. University of Alberta, 13
48kg - E. Martin (King) win by dec. Lyndsay (UofA) 6-0, 5-1
82kg - Bello (UovA) win by fall over Mattes (King) :36
51kg - Klingel (King) dec Brady (UofA) 1-1, 1-1
72kg - Bouchard (UofA) fall over Ramos (King) 1:26
55kg - Brendlinger (King) fall over Fuzzari (UofA) 1:50
67kg - Salata (King) fall over Kelly (UofA) 0-1, 1-0, Fall :30
59kg - Hildebrandt (King) dec Thomas (UofA) 1-0, 0-1, 1-0
63kg - Ragan (King) dec Figeruoa (UofA) 3-0, 2-0
KING, 26 vs. Lindenwood, 9
48kg - E. Martin (King) forf
82kg - Ramos (King) fall over Ruth (LW) 1:54
51kg - Klingel (King) dec Walker (LW) 0-1, 3-2, 6-1
72kg - David (LW) dec Mattes (King) 6-0, 9-2
55kg - Hildebrandt (King) dec Caldera (LW) 1-0, 2-1
67kg - Kusse (LW) dec Salata (King) 2-1, 4-1
59kg - Brendlinger (King) fall over Yanez (LW) 1:08
63kg - Ragan (King) dec Shannon (LW) 3-0, 4-0
KING 34 vs. McMaster 2
48kg - T. Perez (King) fall over Fung (McM)
82kg - Mattes (King) for
51kg - Bartosch (King) dec Mazara (McM) 6-0, 6-3
72kg - Ramos (King) fall over Anderson (McM) 1-0, Fall 1:20
55kg - Brendlinger (King) fall over Lee (McM) 1:30
67kg - Salata (King) dec Shaver (McM0 0-4, 6-0, 3-1
59kg - S. Martin (King) dec Dugan (McM) 2-0, 6-0
63kg - Ragan (King) Fall over Angelo (McM) 6-0, Fall :30
KING, 27 vs. University of Western Ontario 4
48kg - E. Martin (King) fall over Gash (UWO) 1:20
82kg - Mattes (King) dec Riddell (UWO) 0-2, 2-1, 1-0
51kg - Klingel (King) dec Oulletle (UWO) 2-0, 4-0
72kg - Ramos (King) fall over Varallo (UWO) 1:07
55kg - Barry (UWO) dec Hildebrandt (King) 4-0, 3-0
67kg - Salata (King) dec Williams (UWO) 2-0, 3-0
59kg - Brendlinger (King) dec Wakelin (UWO) 8-0, 3-0
63kg - Ragan (King) fall over D'Alleva (UWO) 1:09
KING 23 vs. Simon Fraser 9
48kg - E. Martin (King) dec Ivanoff (SFU) 6-0, 4-2
82kg - Greening (SFU) dec Mattes (King) 2-0, 1-0
51kg - Klingel (King) dec Brar (SFU) 3-1, 2-1
72kg - Distasio (SFU) dec Ramos (King) 1-0, 2-1
55kg - Hildebrandt (King) dec Wilson (SFU) 5-0, 3-0
67kg - Salata (King) fall over Morrison (SFU) 3-3, 1:20
59kg - Brendlinger (King) dec Gordon (SFU) 0-1, 6-1, 4-4
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Using the Pi for robot purposes. A nice mobile computer at the heart of a machine.
- Define the bot
- Choosing the right parts
- Building
- Programming/controlling your machine
Goal oriented meetings-
BAMF has a goal of trying to use the most creative, least expensive options possible. (We don't want to discourage folks that feel like spending large sums of cash. We will be more than happy to help with gold plated ventures also).
We want to encourage personal projects and provide a framework for learning new skills.
Some people will opt for buying off the shelf technology to make things easier Ready made Bluetooth cars for example
Many will look at repurposing options like a Roomba, for reasons of thrift or just the difficulty
Society of Robots states You will learn skills ranging from electronics, mechanics, controls, programming, and even as broad as understanding animal behavior and human psychology. For your first attempt; take the KISS approach: Keep It Simple, Stupid!
HeaterMeter a bbq thermometer that allows you to monitor temp anywhere. (Possible integration with BBQpad?)
Building to the Summer of Robot Love
- Learn to use the processor. What can a Pi do that Arduino can't?
- Learn to use the processor to drive 2 or more motors somehow. Listen to your Pi.
- Build a car: this involves wheels, axles, some sort of steering mechanism. This is a good thing to do as part of a group. Input from multiple eyes is good.
- Learn to use sensors (in difficulty that should be before 2, it's much easier than motors)
- Put it together. Test and refine.
- Robots...
- G+/IRC on #BAMF (Freenode)
- Vote on group project(s)
Motors/sensors. Great article on things to attach -Pi Spy UK
- Picking the right parts
- Plan a trip to Weird Stuff
- Keep it cheap
- Identify sources for re-using machines/parts
- 1PM Newer users gather; Basics of Pi (what to expect), dd fun, and trying Distros <<<<<<<< this will link to class outline. Flag-waving project (or similar)
- 4:30 Advanced gathering Plan your robot. Look at parts suppliers. <Insert your project here>
- Wii controller
- Bluetooth from phone/laptop
- Autonomy
Robot show/competition/party Programming knowledge is scheduled every month.
Robots? Yes.
Really? Should the townsfolk be scared? No. They will be nice, following the Three Laws
Why ARM? ARM chips are the most widely-produced processor family in the world; they have historically been used in cell phones and embedded applications, but were originally designed as desktop processors, and are increasingly used in tablet devices and low-power-consumption servers.
- Low Power Consumption / Better efficiencies
- High levels of device integration -- "system on a chip" designs, with reduced space and cooling requirements
- Readily available from multiple vendors
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William Robert 'Bob' McGuire Sr.
CRANE — William Robert "Bob" McGuire Sr., 92, of Crane, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at the Crane Memorial Hospital.Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at the Crane County Cemetery with Minister Mike Smith officiating. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Shaffer-Nichols Funeral Home.Bob was born Oct. 7, 1921, in Mitchell County, Texas. He married Johnnie Clay Smith Dec. 11, 1940, in Colorado City, Texas. Bob was a longtime resident of both Colorado City and Crane. Bob was a member of the Cowboy Turtles Association, the Rodeo Cowboys Association and was a gold card member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He was a rancher and had served as a former law enforcement officer in Mitchell County for the Sheriff's office. He was a member of Church of Christ.He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Addie McGuire; and his great-grandson, William Trent Ueckert.Survivors include his wife of 73 years, Johnnie Clay McGuire of Crane; daughter, Judy Dobbs and her husband Quail of Coahoma, Texas; his son, Bill McGuire and his wife Linda of Crane; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.


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Sweet Potatoes, Two Ways
Weird & Ravenous, a.k.a. Cleo Brock-Abraham and Julia Turshen, are best friends who cook and eat together constantly. And now they're doing this video series for Food52! Follow along, discover new ingredients, and let them show you how to make healthy food affordable.
Today: Cleo and Julia make sweet potatoes two ways -- salad and soup.
(To see a larger version of this video, just click "vimeo" on the lower right side of the video above.)
Get the recipe: Roasted Sweet Potato, Quinoa and Arugula Salad
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City Will Fix Traffic Lights, Pavement Markings in VC
The Valley City City Commission approved bids for the repair of malfunctioning traffic lights and improvement to pavement markings on concrete roads Monday during their regular meeting.
The city commission approved the low bid and awarded contract to Northstar Safety, Inc. for pavement marking improvements in the amount of $119,406.20. The project is funded by state highway money, which the city receives annually.
The pavement marking improvements will be made to concrete roads, Eight Avenue Southwest, Central Avenue and Winter Show Road, as well as parking painting on asphalt areas in town.
Erik Gilbertson from city engineering firm Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson said the contractor is ready to go and will start the project soon.
The city commission approved Valley City Public Works' recommendation for the bid from Brown Traffic Products for the replacement of the five malfunctioning traffic signal controllers along Central Avenue.
The lights have been malfunctioning for several weeks and have been temporarily turned into a four-way stop with constant flashing red lights.
Brown Traffic Products, which is a company Public Works has worked with in the past, bid $40,951, which does not include installation cost. The estimated time of delivery is 90 days.
The commission would like to see the repairs done earlier, but all four bidders gave an approximately 90-day timeframe for delivery.
"People on Central are going right through (the lights)," Mayor Bob Werkhoven said, "Especially with school starting, then it will be a riot out there."
Public Works hopes to have the traffic lights working again by the end of the year.
In other business, the city discussed the creation of a perpetual restrictive covenant, which would "prohibit any type of construction or building other than what would be necessary for flood control, permitted infrastructure, paved surfaces and bridges" being built on properties the city has bought out for the voluntary acquisition program, City Attorney Russell Myhre said.
The restrictive covenant is in accordance with the city's contract with the State Water Commission, which provided $3 million in funds to the city's flood buyout program.
No decision was made No decision was made, and the city will discuss the issue further Monday morning during a special meeting.
Police Chief Fred Thompson ended the meeting by announcing the Valley City Police Department's policy change for handling 911 calls. He said that past practice of the police department had been that if a dispatcher was able to talk to somebody over the phone, a decision would be made based on that conversation as to whether or not they would send a police officer to the location.
"That is not best practices, and it's not the best way to operate," Thompson said.
From now on, if the department receives a 911 call and they have a location where that call came from, they will send an officer.
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"I'd rather go to a thousand of those calls than miss one where somebody really needs our help," said Thompson.
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Linda Whitmore, the in-house "Star Trek" specialist here at Hero Complex, checks in with a review of a new bookshelf voyage into the Starfleet universe.
Any Trekkie worth his or her salt can tell a Romulan from a Vulcan, much less a mugatu from a horta.
And although most fans don't speak fluent Klingon, their shelves bulge with episode guides and "Trek" novels. Before the dawn of the Internet, a spate of books compiled well-researched episode guides (for the original "Trek," for example, there was Allan Asherman's "Star Trek Compendium" in 1981) and put plot synopses, photos and cast lists at fans' fingertips. (For instance, Mark Lenard, who played Spock's father, Sarek, first appeared as a Romulan commander in "Balance of Terror," the series' ninth episode. Basic stuff for the average fan, but one of the book's bonuses is Lenard's filmography, up until 1981. Remember Terrans, this is pre-IMDB.)
Authors Michael and Denise Okuda took it a step further with "Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future," 1993. Michael Okuda was in the art department of "ST: TNG," "ST: DS9," "Voyager," "Enterprise" and several of the films. Together with his wife, they trace the "Trek" roots from the past into the future, starting 6 billion years ago, with the creation of the Guardian of Forever. (For those of you not "of the body," that's the time portal that a crazed Dr. McCoy leaps through in arguably the classic series' best episode, "City on the Edge of Forever," written by Harlan Ellison. (Sort of.… that's a loooong story.) Most people just remember it as the episode where Captain Kirk falls in love with that chick from "Dynasty."
The Okudas, with Jenga-like precision, meld actual historical events (space race with the Soviets, the launch of NASA probes, etc.) with the fictionalized incidents of the "Trek" universe. This is all part of the firmament of fandom but for the faithful who… wait for it … boldly go somewhere new with their bookshelf, Abrams Books is releasing "Star Trek 365" by Paula M. Block with Terry J. Erdmann, a thick, color photo-filled tome that pulls back the veil on the 1960s series.
And it's a revelation.
Don't worry. There's still useless trivia to amaze and bore your friends. Did you know the Famous Spock Nerve Pinch was the brainchild of Leonard Nimoy? In "The Enemy Within," he was supposed to dispatch the "evil" Capt. Kirk with a karate chop. Well, the actor thought that was out of character for Mr. Spock, so he suggested to director Leo Penn (yes, that would be Oscar-winner Sean's dad) "that the Vulcan, who knew something of human anatomy, would realize that if he applied pressure to the nerve complex at the base of the neck, he could render someone unconscious instantly and non-violently."
But what this book does best is to put each episode within the context of its time. Sure, 40 years after the fact, those space "hippies" from "The Way to Eden" look pretty darn funny, but the episode did air in 1969, and remember what was going on in the U.S. — the Summer of Love was still echoing and the word was spreading about Woodstock. People were waving peace signs and wearing flowers in their hair. We reach, brother.
The genesis of "The Mark of Gideon," whose theme is overpopulation, was born of Stanley Adams, who played trader Cyrano Jones in "The Trouble With Tribbles." He "is said to have been a man deeply concerned with the problems of overpopulation," a major issue in the late 1960s. And who can blame him, seeing the furry little things nearly take over Deep Space Station K-7?
Ever wonder about that episode with Frank Gorshin? In "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," the actor who played the Riddler on the old "Batman" series, is Bele, half white and half black. His mortal enemy, Lokai, played by actor Lou Antonio, is also half black and half white. But on opposite sides of their bodies. It's such a trivial distinction that Kirk, Spock & Co. fail to see what separates them. The intriguing inisght here is that the seed of the episode was planted in writer Gene Coon's head as a result of the Watts riots in 1965.
"Amok Time," the episode in which Spock goes into pon farr (heat, for you laymen), was racy enough so that one German TV channel, ZDF, reportedly cut several scenes and rewrote dialogue, giving Spock a kind of "space fever."
While Clint Howard was filming his scenes as Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver," older brother Ron was on another sound stage on the lot playing Opie in "The Andy Griffith Show." Oh, and that little Enterprise, encased in a 4-inch block of Lucite and dangled at the end of a chain in "Catspaw"? It's in the Smithsonian now. Details like that and rarely seen photos will keep fans turning these pages.
— Linda Whitmore
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Endoscopic ultrasound combines the advantages of the two medical disciplines endoscopy and ultrasonography. The ultrasound transducer is integrated in the distal end of the endoscope which allows the close positioning of the transducer at the region of interest, one important factor of the unrivalled resolution of the EUS image.To Procedure
Upper GI tract bleeding can be caused by gastro-duodenal ulcers, inflammatory processes (such as gastritis, oesophagitis or duodenitis), varices, ruptures (e.g. Mallory Weiss tear), malignant tumours, vascular malformations (e.g. Dieulafoy lesions) and after treatment (e.g. after polypectomy, mucosectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection).To Procedure
Balloon dilation is a useful and non-invasive means of overcoming gastrointestinal strictures from a variety of causes. Olympus offers an extensive array of balloon dilators for a range of anatomical situations.To Procedure
Treatment with gastrointestinal endoscopy has evolved rapidly over the past few years. From polypectomy to endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), and now to endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), treatment has become both more effective and less invasive.To Procedure
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is a growing technique for minimally invasive mucosectomy in the gastrointestinal tract. It is ideal for the rapid and safe removal of suspect lesions, and is particularly useful in cases of suspected colorectal cancer. EMR with a transparent plastic Cap-fitted pan-endoscope (EMRC) may be performed in the upper GI tract. Anti-slip snares may be used for lesions in the lower GI tract.To Procedure
Polypectomy and hot biopsies have become routine electrosurgery procedures used for the removal of polyps. While polypectomy is done to remove flat and pedunculated polyps, hot biopsies are done to remove very small polyps (with a diameter up to 5 mm).To Procedure
Initially, the polyp is excised from the mucosal surface, often using an electrosurgical snare. Once the polyp is released from the gastric mucosa, it is important to rapidly and safely catch it and remove it from the body. It is important that the polyp is not damaged during removal, as it may be required for tissue analysis by a pathologist.To Procedure
Tissue sampling may be used when a suspicious lesion is detected visually or with narrow band imaging during endoscopy. If further investigation of suspicious lesions is required, it will be necessary to obtain a tissue sample for pathological analysis.To Procedure
Patients may swallow or inhale a wide variety of items, which then require removal from their gastrointestinal or respiratory tracts. Items commonly requiring removal include spoons, stones, coins, needles, batteries, razor blades, small bones and stents. Removal of foreign bodies by endoscopy is a safe and efficient technique. It is also relatively comfortable for the patient.To Procedure
Diagnosis of occult bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract can be difficult. Two approaches for the diagnosis of obscure bleeding are capsule endoscopy and single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE).To Procedure
The first step in any endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure is successful cannulation of the biliary and pancreatic system through the papilla of Vater.To Procedure
Sphincterotomy, also known as papillotomy, is usually performed to incise the orifice of the papilla of Vater, giving improved access to the bile and pancreatic ducts.To Procedure
The removal of gallstones is an integral application for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).To Procedure
Drainage of the bile duct via stents is an effective alternative to surgery.To Procedure
Many patients referred for colonoscopy are fearful about experiencing pain during the procedure. As a result, a growing number of centres are introducing concepts aimed at alleviating patient concerns about the procedure.To Procedure
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There's a report out of Reuters this morning that Amazon is working on not one or two tablets, but a whopping six tablet SKUs coming fairly soon according to Staples' President of U.S. Retail Demos Parneros. This could go one of two different ways. It could amount to an entire refresh of the overall Kindle lineup, with one or two of Amazon's current models being scrapped for a 10″ Kindle aimed squarely at Apple's iPad. Amazon currently offers six Kindle SKUs.
Alternatively, Amazon could be gearing up for a downsizing of the number of e-ink offerings they have, but offering customers choice of storage options on both the Kindle Fire 7″ and 10″ tablet models it sees as the future of Kindle. Two storage choices for each of those tablets plus a refresh to the Kindle with keyboard and Kindle Touch would amount to the 6 new SKUs Staples is readying.
Regardless, we're pretty confident Amazon is working on a 10″ Kindle Fire, and likely is also tackling a refresh of the popular Kindle Fire 7″ unit. Amazon will likely continue to sell these new tablets at cost, making up revenues in sales of ebooks, movies, and music, arenas in which Amazon sees significantly high profits. The Kindle tablets would likely retain Amazon's Kindle UI overlay, prominently featuring ways to consume Amazon's content front and center in the tablet experience.
This all lines up with what we learned over a year ago, namely that Amazon intends to bring a family of devices to the market as mobile becomes more and more prominent. Of course, competition in that arena is getting more fierce, with Google's Nexus 7 and the oft-rumored iPad mini competing in the 7″ tablet arena, and the perennial market-leading iPad and a rumored Nexus 10 fighting for customers on the 10″ battlefield.
Are you interested in a Kindle Tablet, or are you more looking forward to whatever comes next out of the Nexus program?


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Founded more than 1,000 years ago by Přemysl princes, the impressive if somewhat sombre Prague Castle complex - including the Old Royal Palace, three churches and a monastery - is an enormous festival of architectural styles: the final touches to the castle's look, including the present shape of St Vitus's Cathedral, were not added until the early 20th century. The complex seems strangely quiet these days, but it does still attract a steady stream of students, sketchbook-toting artists and - of course - tourists.
The grandiose façade enclosing the complex is the result of Empress Maria Theresa's desire to bring some coherence to the jumble of mismatched parts that the castle had become by the middle of the 18th century. But the outcome of Nicolo Pacassi's monotonous design concept is uninspiring - 'an imposing mass of building in the factory style of architecture', as one 19th-century commentator put it. After Maria Theresa's son, Joseph II, attempted to turn the castle into a barracks, it was largely deserted by the Habsburgs. Václav Havel chose not to live here, although his presidential office was installed in the castle. However, he did his best to enliven the palace, opening it to the public and hiring the costume designer from the film Amadeus to remodel the guards' uniforms.
The palaces, chapels, museums, galleries and gardens serve as testament to the rise of the Přemyslids, the first documented Bohemian native dynasty, and every bloody, internecine struggle for power within that dagger-happy family and the later rulers and their competitors: the Jagellons, Charles IV, the Habsburgs and the Catholic Church, to name just the major players. The Golden Age of Charles, in the
mid 14th century, and the Nazis' march through the gates are just two events in the castle's relatively recent history that indicate its iconic value as the nation's grandest seat of power. Nowhere else in Prague resonates with as much national identity and symbolism, increased by the pride Czechs have taken since having had the castle returned to them in 1989.
The complex is undergoing makeovers and renovations as the Czech Republic's finances improve and the Catholic Church continues to assert its rights over the cathedral. Aside from a dozen rooms newly opened to the public beneath the Old Royal Palace, with excellent historic and architectural displays (since 1989 worthy of such a national treasure), the entire exterior of the Basilica of St George has been renewed, the Lobkowicz Palace has opened as a fully fledged museum, the city's best restaurant vista has opened in the Villa Richter, and the calendar is swelling with cultural series such as Jazz at the Castle (www.jazznahrade.cz).
You can't get away without spending at least half a day exploring the castle. Trouble is, neither can every other visitor to the city. To avoid the worst of the crush, come as early or as late in the day as you can. Another frustration is the almost complete lack of labelling in English, and lacklustre exhibits on the castle tour: the St Vitus crypt looks more like a concrete bunker, despite being the final resting place for the nation's hallowed forefathers. That said, most of the female volunteers installed around the castle and its palaces are friendly and forthcoming to visitors, and speak English.
Prague Castle Information
There's no charge to enter the grounds of the castle, but you will need a ticket to see the main attractions. One ticket covers entrance to the Old Royal Palace (which now has a large new museum on castle life), the Basilica of St George, the Golden Lane, the Daliborka Tower and the crypt and tower of St Vitus's Cathedral (except Jan-Apr & Oct-Dec, when the tower is closed and the Golden Lane is free). Entrance to the art collection of St George's Convent and the Prague Castle Picture Gallery are also included, but not the Toy Museum or the recently opened Lobkowicz Princely Collections museum.
Be warned that it's a stiff uphill walk to the castle from Malostranská metro station. The least strenuous approach is by tram 22; get off at the Pražský hrad stop. There's a handful of adequate cafés within the castle complex, if you don't mind paying high prices.
Area Prague
Transport Metro Malostranská/tram 12, 22 .
Telephone 224 371 111
Open Apr-Oct 9am-4pm daily. Nov-Mar 9am-4pm daily.
Admission 200-350 K±; 125-175 K± reductions; 300-500 K± family. Tickets valid for 2 days.


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BRIC Markets for Dental Implants 2013
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|BRIC諸国の歯科インプラント市場 BRIC Markets for Dental Implants 2013
|出版日: 2013年09月27日
|ページ情報: 英文
Driven by rapid growth in underpenetrated markets like China, the BRIC dental implant market will be the fastest-growing dental implant market globally through 2021.
This Medtech 360 Report provides comprehensive data and analysis on the current state of the market for dental implants in BRIC across a 10-year period.
* Despite representing a small proportion of the total BRIC population, the Brazilian market was the largest in the BRIC region in 2012, accounting for over 50% of all dental implant revenues .
What has driven strong adoption of dental implants in this country, and how will the market change going forward?
Which companies are the leading competitors in the Brazilian dental implant market, and what strategies have helped these companies build strong market shares in the country?
* The BRIC dental implant market will expand rapidly over the forecast period, making it attractive to new competitors .
Which fast-growing markets provide the most significant opportunities for revenue growth?
How can competitors look to capitalize on the unique needs of these markets to build market share?
* Similar to many dental implant markets globally, the BRIC dental implant market will be affected by increased price competition going forward .
When will price competition have the most significant impact on ASPs, and which markets will be most affected?
What strategies can companies offering products at higher price points employ to remain competitive amid growing price competition?
Geographies Covered : Brazil, Russia, India, China
Procedures Covered : Millennium Research Group's analysis uses the following breakdown of procedures:
Products Covered : Millennium Research Group's analysis uses the following breakdown of products in the market:
Note : *Other tools (which include analogs, components, and healing abutments) are not discussed qualitatively, and only revenues are shown for this segment.
Market Forecast Features : Based on primary research with industry professionals, Millennium Research Group uses its proprietary forecasting model to provide an in-depth examination of current and future trends in procedure volumes, unit sales, ASPs, and market values over a 10-year period (2011-2021).
Competitive Analysis : Millennium Research Group provides a detailed analysis of the competitive landscape and market shares for leading competitors.


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